One reason can be because the person in the house fights the foreclosure.  

Tired of fighting property tax with county every year. 

The seller wouldn’t have to fight us.

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@Irvin MoralesTo get to $10k month in passive income you would need a approx $1.2M in cash.

I suspect the family didn't fight for it because they didn't want to take on the liens? 

I ended up hiring an enrolled agent/CPA that specializes in fighting IRS.

I doubt the want the legal fight over $5,000.

Otherwise you might just find yourself fighting to get the emd and starting over. 

Gosh, it's amazing how often I see people such as yourself that are so quick to try to start a fight.